Nothingness

Nothing is synonymous with vacuum, which is more profound than emptiness.
Doing nothing is synonymous with valueless, which is worse than suffering.
This explains why humans need to do something to keep themselves going.
I personally experienced this myself.

When I was holidaying in Hanoi 2 weeks ago, I did nothing during my free time. I merely watched TV, brainless TV programmes. After that short break, I found my brain not working as well as it should be. I suddenly realised that I had forgotten quite a few words that I had learnt in the last couple of weeks. It really makes me shudder, will I pass my GMAT? I guess I better start looking through the questions and studying them seriously!

Word of the day from M-W : Chiliad (pronounced as kill-leead)

group of 1000

What's the difference between a chiliad and a millennium? Not much: both words refer to a period of 1000 years. While "millennium" is more widely used, "chiliad" is actually older. It first appeared in 1598 and was originally used to mean "a group of 1000," as in "a chiliad of errors." "Millennium" didn't make its way into written English until the 1630s. Not surprisingly, both words trace back to roots that mean "thousand." "Millenium" comes from the Latin "mille," and "chiliad" is a descendent of the Greek "chilioi."